February 5th, 2012 admin
Spyker Cars NV is a Dutch hand-built car manufacturer and the owner of Saab Automobile. The company is not affiliated with or controlled by the previous Spyker company that went bankrupt in 1929. The modern Spyker Cars only has the legal right to the brand. The company motto is “Nulla tenaci inVia est via”, which is Latin for ‘For the tenacious, no road is impassable. “
The reborn company was founded by Victor Muller and Maarten de Bruijn 1999, and since 2000, building exclusive sports cars like the Spyker C8 and the C8 Laviolette. Spyker’s history of producing airplane engines is reflected in details such as new cars in the logo.
The C8 Laviolette has a 4172 cc Audi V8 engine produces 395 hp (295 kW) and a top speed of 300 km / h (190 mph). On July 14, 2005 announced that the C8 was approved for marketing in the U.S. market.
In 2006, the Spyker D12 Peking-to-Paris high-performance SUV, which began production in late 2007, was announced at the Geneva Motor Show.
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January 23rd, 2012 admin
Hummer cars for sale are not many units in the era of high fuel prices and hybrid cars, but for off-road enthusiasts, they are still loved and cherished. Learn the difference between the Hummer H1 and Hummer H2, transmissions, off-roaders dimensional statistics and the ideal type of buyer for every car. For More Details check out the Video Below.
Under the hood of the Hummer H1 and H2 are two different animals entirely. The H1 is a turbo diesel 8-cylinder pushing 300 horsepower and 520 lb-ft. Couple with 6.6 liters displacement. The engine is known for his monstrous low end-perfect for mountain running and accessible from difficult situations. The price is terrible fuel economy, mpg with some drivers reporting only one eighth
The H2 is gas and has enough power for the roads, but it’s a bit more at home in the city. The 2009 H2 has a 6.2-liter gasoline engine that runs on E85 ethanol, Issue 393 hp but only 452 pounds-feet. Torque.
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January 8th, 2012 admin
Ford Mustang GT500 Shelby
For the first time, Ford Mustang GT500 Shelby is going to an all-aluminum version of the 5.4-liter supercharged V8 that was in the 2010 GT500. This new engine is good for a 102 lb weight decrease, as well as 10 horsepower bump over the outgoing model — putting total output at 550 horsepower and 510 lb-ft. of torque.
One piece of technology that helped to make this muscle car a little slimmer was the addition of a Plasma Transferred Wire Arc cylinder lining. This Ford-exclusive technology is being applied for the first time, and helps to reduce weight by 8.5 pounds while also reducing friction within the piston rings and cylinder bores by coating the inside of the cylinder bores with special nanoparticles. Ford also says that this new technology will provide for better durability and improved heat transfer.
Ford Mustang GT500 Shelby
For model year 2010, the Ford Mustang GT500 Shelby with the base Ford Mustang was redesigned. How 2007-09 GT500, 2010 The energy that includes unique front and rear bumpers, hood with functional air vents and a unique rear spoiler.
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January 7th, 2012 admin
Making of Ferrari Engine. Ferrari SpA is an Italian sports car manufacturer in Maranello, Italy. Founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1929 as Scuderia Ferrari, the company sponsored drivers and manufactured race cars before going into production of street legal vehicles Ferrari SpA in 1947. Throughout its history, the company has been noted for its continued participation in the race, especially in Formula One, where he had great success.
Enzo Ferrari never intended to produce road cars when he formed Scuderia Ferrari (literally “Ferrari Stable” and generally used to mean “Team Ferrari”, it is correctly pronounced [skuderi ː a]) in 1928 as sponsor for amateur drivers in Modena resident. Ferrari prepare and successfully ran various drivers in Alfa Romeo and 1938, when he was hired by Alfa Romeo to their racing department head.
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December 27th, 2011 admin
The Bugatti Veyron
The Bugatti Veyron EB 16.4 A mid-engined touring car. The Super Sport version is the fastest street-legal car in the world, with a top speed of 431.072 hours kilometers (267.856 hours miles).
The original version has a top speed of 408.47 hours kilometers (253.81 hours miles).
Designed and developed by the German Volkswagen Group and of Bugatti Automobiles SAS produced at its headquarters in Château St Jean in Molsheim (Alsace, France) was the Veyron’s chief designer Hartmut Warkuss, and the road was by Jozef Kaban of Volkswagen, with shaped much of the art works under the direction of the former engineer and now Peterbilt performed Bugatti Engineering head Wolfgang Schreiber.
The car is after French racing driver Pierre Veyron, who won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1939 while racing for the original Bugatti company named. It was named Car of the Decade (2000-2009) of the BBC TV show Top Gear.
McLaren F1
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December 25th, 2011 admin
The Ferrari 458 Italia is a mid-engine sports car by Italian sports car manufacturer Ferrari made. The 458 replaced the Ferrari F430 Italia. The Ferrari 458 Italia was officially unveiled at the IAA 2009 in Frankfurt on 15 September 2009.
Ferrari 458 Technical data
In the first official release of the Ferrari car, the Ferrari 458 committee was described as the successor of F430, but from a completely new design, incorporating technologies developed from the company’s experience in Formula
Ferrari 458 Engine
The 458 Italia is powered by a 4499 cm ³ (4.499 L; 274.5 cu in) V8 engine from a shared Ferrari / Maserati design derived, produces 570 hp (420 kW, 560 hp) at 9,000 rpm (redline) N and 540 ft (400 pounds) ¸ m min at 6,000 rpm with 80% torque at 3,250 rpm. The engine has direct fuel injection, a first for Ferrari mid-rear engine setups in its road cars.
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December 13th, 2011 admin
German Sports Cars Porsche 959 is a sports car from Porsche from 1986 to 1989 prepared demand as group B rally car and later as a legal production car to the FIA homologation regulations, a minimum number to be built on 200 Street legal units satisfy.
In 1986, she held the title as the world’s fastest street-legal production car. During the production run, it was built as the most technologically advanced road sports car ever and celebrated the forerunner of all future sports car. It was one of the first high-performance vehicles to an all-wheel drive use, the basis for Porsche’s first four-wheel drive Carrera 4 model. In fact, convinced that Porsche executives of the system of viability so well that they wanted to make all-wheel drive is standard on all versions of the 911 Turbo, starting with the 993 version. In 2004, Sports Car International named the 959 number one on the list of top sports cars of the 1980s.
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December 2nd, 2011 admin
The Maserati MC12 is really a big two-seater sports vehicle created by Italian automobile maker Maserati to allow a racing variant to compete from the FIA GT Championship. The automobile entered production in 2004 with 30 automobiles produced (5 of which had been not for sale) A more twenty five have been created in 2005 making a complete of 50 automobiles accessible for clients, every single of which were pre-sold for €600 000.
Maserati intended and built the car on the chassis with the Enzo Ferrari but the ultimate car is a lot bigger with less drag coefficient. The MC12 is longer, wider and taller and contains a sharper nose and smoother curves than the Enzo Ferrari, that has faster acceleration, far better braking overall performance (shorter braking distance) along with a increased prime velocity. The leading rate of your Maserati MC12 is 330 kilometres each hr (205 mph) whereas the leading pace of the Enzo Ferrari is 350 kilometres every hour (217.five mph)
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